Crime & Safety
Oxfordshire tractor driver arrested for ‘drink driving’
The driver of a large John Deere tractor, which was towing a large agricultural trailer, was arrested in the Vale of White Horse on Wednesday evening.
Thames Valley Police roads policing unit said they stopped the vehicle and breath-tested the driver for intoxication.
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Police say the tractor driver “was found to be more than three times the legal alcohol limit”.
A spokesperson for the force added: “Drink driving isn’t just dangerous in cars – agricultural vehicles can cause devastating harm.
“Don’t drink and drive, any vehicle, any road.”
Earlier in the same evening, Thames Valley Police’s roads policing unit stopped a car in London Road, Oxford, and discovered the driver had no driving licence or insurance, and the car was seized.